Celtic fan making Rangers transfer gets answer as shock January shout has Rohl using Sheffield Wednesday link
The Sheffield Wednesday star is a Celtic diehard and worked with the Rangers boss last year.
Danny Rohl has been backed to use his Sheffield Wednesday connections - and sign a Celtic diehard.
The Light Blues already have Djedi Gassama in their ranks who worked with the German head coach at Hillsborough and have been linked with ex-Owls and Ibrox forward Josh Windass ahead of January. Now Sheffield Wednesday skipper Barry Bannan moving to Rangers has been put to Celtic hero and former Hoops plus Aston Villa coach Peter Grant on Go Radio.
Bannan making the move would prove highly controversial, as he has not hidden the fact he’s a big Celtic fan, appearing on a Hoops podcast previously while still with the Owls, wearing the club’s jersey. Despite that, Grant was still put on the spot over Bannan moving to Rangers.
Could Sheffield Wednesday star make Rangers move?
A caller asked Grant, who worked with Bannan as he made his way through the ranks, as a youngster at Aston Villa: “The other one I think that I think Rohl will probably go for, I think he's going to go for people that he knows that he won't think is a risk and especially in this window in January, is Barry Bannan.
“I think he'll go for Barry Bannan. I just think he's been captain for him for a while or for a good amount of time. I think he'll go for Barry Bannan just to go as that number six, where I think they are looking for. I think he’s going to go for players he knows and 100% not take any risks.”
Grant cant’ see a world where Bannan wants to play for Rangers with his Celtic links in mind. He responded: “I know Barry very well. I just can't picture him picking the blue up. He's a very good player but I don't see him picking the blue jersey up, that's for sure. He's a very good player and it's the sort of player that Rangers would need. Because he can dominate the ball and he plays his position exceptionally well. He's a fantastic little player.”
Barry Bannan on Danny Rohl
Despite now managing the arch-rival of the side he supports, Bannan hasn’t been shy in complementing the boss he worked with at the Owls. He said to BBC Scotland in October as Rohl came into the Rangers job: "Danny was really good, he had a winning mindset from his first meeting.
“He was a young manager so the boys were intrigued to see how he would go about it, but we all left that meeting knowing we had a top, top manger on our hands. He was only young but he came across as highly confident. He took to Sheffield Wednesday and the fans took to him right away because of the passion he showed.
"I know he is up for a battle - he came to us when we were rock bottom and looked likely to be relegated but we stayed up that year and kicked on. Knowing the manager's character and looking at that Rangers team, there'd be an upturn in results if Danny did get the job. I'll put my neck out on the line and say he is the best manager I have worked under. He is brilliant."